jsuda writes "You've got to have a lot of confidence and nerve to write and try to sell a nearly 400 page book on cooking to the take-out pizza and cola set. No cookbook is likely to turn many geeks into chefs or take them away from their computer screens.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is offering free shipping and other perks on baby items such as diapers to attract new consumers to its growing subscription service in a burgeoning market.
GCPSoft writes with this quote from a Google announcement: "Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page.
Google is launching its Web TV service in the fall, Verizon says you can buy one Samsung Fascinate on its Web site and get a second for free, and a Japanese journalist uses Twitter to escape captivity.
LONDON (Reuters) - Salesforce.com will offer mobile versions of its Chatter tool for social networking inside companies from later this year as it seeks to make its software more ubiquitous and its customers more productive.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Google Inc will launch its service to bring the Web to TV screens in the United States this autumn and worldwide next year, its chief executive said, as it extends its reach from the desktop to the living room.
